5G-MEDIA at EuCNC 2018

EuCNC 2018 (June 18-21, Ljubljana, Slovenia) is the 27th edition of a successful series of technical conferences in the field of telecommunications, sponsored by IEEE ComSoc and EURASIP, and financially supported by the European Commission. The conference brings together researchers from all over the world to present their latest advances, being one of the main venues for showcasing the outcomes of successful European R&D programmes.

In this exciting context, 5G-MEDIA will have an active participation in several workshops and activities to outline how the project is streamlining the Media Industrywith the Power of 5G and with the cooperation with the European 5G PPP Community.

Workshop 1: Vertical Industries & Services for 5G (VIS5G)

The workshop, which is jointly organised by 5G-MEDIA, will drive vertical industry adoption of 5G by promoting and nurturing research in applications of 5G communications. Experts on 5G will discuss the possible vertical applications of 5G, as well as how the envisioned applications are growing with the development of standards.

Pasquale Andriani (Engineering SpA, Italy)

Workshop 2: From cloud ready to cloud native transformation: What it means and Why it matters

This workshop aims at reinforcing this European research ecosystem by strengthening the liaison between the participating projects, facilitating the exchange of ideas and helping each research group to take advantage of the results produced by other projects, improving focus of innovation and aligning towards common goals and milestones, thus maximizing the overall impact.

David Breitgand (IBM Research-Haifa, Israel)

The workshop will provide the links between the Phase 1 of the 5G PPP and the ongoing projects of Phase 2 conducting research in the areas of SDN and NFV multi-domain orchestration and federation, fog, edge and distributed cloud computing, empowering effective knowledge transfer, potent partnerships and mutual collaboration amongst them.

Smatina Rizou (SingularLogic, Greece)

A service platform architecture enabling programmable edge-to-cloud virtualization for the 5G Media industry

This workshop aims at bringing together top researchers in the area of software networks under the umbrella of the 5G PPP projects to share their ideas and research results, creating an opportunity for synergy.